Pacific Rim (2013)
78%RT Audience Score: 77%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Pacific Rim is a cinematic masterpiece that combines the best of science-fiction, action, and storytelling. Del Toro’s vision of enormous robots fighting monstrous creatures at the end of the world is nothing short of breathtaking. The special effects are top-notch, and the sound design is deafeningly loud in the best way possible. It’s like Transformers, but with an A-level. The film is a hearken back to an old genre of movies that is still relevant today. It’s big, loud, and fun, but it’s also a good story that is well-told. Pacific Rim is a must-see for anyone who loves science-fiction and action movies.
Pacific Rim is like a giant playground for adults, with robots and monsters smashing into each other and making loud noises. It’s the perfect movie to watch with a tub of popcorn on your lap and your brain turned off. Sure, the story might not be the most original, but who cares when you’re watching a giant robot punch a giant monster in the face? Del Toro knows how to make you feel the enormity of it all, and that’s all that matters. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the carnage.
Production Company(ies)
DUST, Legendary Entertainment, Netflix, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Germany
MPAA / Certificate
PG-13
Year of Release
2013
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:NA
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Runtime:2h 11m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jul 12, 2013 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 15, 2013
Genre(s)
Sci-fi/Action
Keyword(s)
starring Charlie Hunnam, Diego Klattenhoff, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman, directed by Guillermo del Toro, written by Travis Beacham and Guillermo del Toro, sci-fi, action, adventure, PG-13 rating, box office gross of $101.8M, produced by Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Guillermo del Toro, Mary Parent, reviewed by Wesley Morris, Anthony Quinn, Giles Hardie, Max Nelson, Anthony Lane, Donald Clarke, Brian Eggert, Keith Garlington, Mike Massie, Richard Propes, genre of creature feature, Kaiju, Jaegers, neural bridge, giant robots, monsters, war, humanity, washed-up ex-pilot, untested trainee, old, obsolete Jaeger, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos, SDDS, Datasat, Flat (1.85:1), Legendary Pictures, DDY
Worldwide gross: $411,002,906
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: $101,802,906
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $190,000,000
3D RELEASE:
Yes
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Diego Klattenhoff – Yancy Becket
Idris Elba – Stacker Pentecost
Rinko Kikuchi – Mako Mori
Charlie Day – Dr. Newton Geiszler
Burn Gorman – Gottlieb
Director – Guillermo del Toro
Producers – Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Guillermo del Toro, Mary Parent
Writers – Travis Beacham, Guillermo del Toro
Director(s)
Guillermo del Toro
Writer(s)
Travis Beacham, Guillermo del Toro
Producer(s)
Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Guillermo del Toro, Mary Parent
Film Festivals
Toronto
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (295) | Top Critics (67) | Fresh (213) | Rotten (82)
Del Toro is a dreamer. He’s a visionary. If you give him a pile of money to make enormous robots fight enormous monsters at the end of civilization, he will work to make Pacific Rim a movie that makes you feel all the enormousness.
January 3, 2014
Wesley Morris
Grantland
TOP CRITIC
Pacific Rim is a special-effects behemoth, a toy franchise with a deafeningly loud movie attached — Transformers with an A-level.
December 30, 2013 | Rating: 1/5
Anthony Quinn
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
In essence, Pacific Rim features a series of Godzilla monsters battle an ever dwindling number of Transformers, layered over the plot from Independence Day, only dumber.
December 30, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/5
Giles Hardie
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
Feels like it’s always struggling to break through the screen-if only to grab you by the scruff of the neck and drag you in.
November 4, 2013
Max Nelson
Film Comment Magazine
TOP CRITIC
It is possible to applaud Pacific Rim for the efficacy of its business model while deploring the tale that has been engendered — long, loud, dark, and very wet. You might as well watch the birth of an elephant.
July 18, 2013
Anthony Lane
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
As adventures in mechanised mayhem go, the picture does, of course, crush the Transformers franchise into iron filings.
July 14, 2013 | Rating: 3/5
Donald Clarke
Irish Times
TOP CRITIC
Made to be seen on a stories-high screen with a jumbo tub of popcorn on your lap, Pacific Rim is serviceable summer entertainment, recommended based on the sheer scale of del Toro’s onscreen spectacle.
September 2, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
It’s good science-fiction, and it’s good storytelling. More importantly to me it’s a wonderful hearken back to an old genre of movies that I’m still crazy about.
August 24, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/5
Keith Garlington
Keith & the Movies
The carnage causes both tremendous destruction and a good amount of entertainment.
December 4, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
That rare live-action film that actually justifies catching it in 3-D.
September 19, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
This movie is like the grown up version giddy young boys on a playground, smashing their toys into each other, making explodey noises with their mouths. It’s big, loud, there’s not much more to it than that, and it is exactly as much fun as it sounds.
July 8, 2020 | Rating: A
Brent McKnight
The Last Thing I See
Del Toro has crafted a film that is much more than just the Godzilla versus Robotech summer blockbuster it would have been in lesser hands … it may not be the greatest story del Toro has ever [told], it’s … better than most blockbusters have.
July 7, 2020
Damond Fudge
KCCI (Des Moines, IA)…
Plot
In a world where giant monsters called Kaiju threaten humanity, the only hope for survival is a team of pilots who control giant robots called Jaegers in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Rinko Kikuchi plays the untested trainee who becomes mankind’s last hope in Pacific Rim.
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